At the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas Tuesday night, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann argued in favor of building a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border to deter illegal immigrants.

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I ... this house the very first candidate that signed a pledge that said I didn't eat certain ... I will be held at double walled that with that with the it area of security neutrality in between I will build that ... because this is what we know this is an economic issue and a Japanese your thing you can really wanted to work at the end of the entire border not say why ... every year it cost the country one hundred and thirteen billion dollars ... in the cost that we played out detained for illegal aliens across the state and local government ... that's not easy to billion for every household ... of an American citizen to cross the one thousand dollars a year ... we are robbing the household of Americans ... who can't afford that I handle that and ... I want course English and the official language of United the the the the the the how the country ... will have to agree that they will not receive taxpayer subsidized benefit ... of any American that is the